This party has been fun, this really is the most important note I have ever written

By David Scott | Monday 16 October 2017

Germany's outgoing Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has warned that spiralling levels of debt, as well as the growth of liquidity across the world, risk creating a new financial crisis. Speaking to the Financial Times as he leaves his long-held post at Germany's finance ministry and becomes the Speaker of the Bundestag, Schaeuble said that his view is shared by economists around the world.

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